Senior Film and Media Reporter
Deadpool & Wolverine vs Alien Romulus Box Office Predictions
“Alien: Romulus” exploded at the domestic box office with $41.5 million, marking the second-highest opening in the long-running “Alien” franchise. Those ticket sales were enough for the latest chapter in Disney and 20th Century’s sci-fi horror saga to end the three-week reign of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which narrowly surpassed “Joker” as the highest-grossing R-rated film in history with $1.14 billion.
The performances cap Disney’s stellar summer run, which began with “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (May’s top-grossing film with $397 million) and continued with “Inside Out 2” (June’s top-grossing film with $1.597 billion) and “Deadpool & Wolverine” (July’s top-grossing film with $1.14 billion). The studio earlier this month became the first of 2024 to surpass $3 billion in global ticket sales and should continue to add to that total with “Moana 2” (Nov. 27) and “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Dec. 20) still on the calendar through the end of the year. It’s an encouraging turnaround after Disney’s 2023 run was peppered with box office disappointments like “The Marvels,” “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” the “Haunted Mansion” remake and the animated “Wish.”
“Alien: Romulus” grossed $66.7 million at the international box office for a worldwide opening of $108.2 million. The film has been well received by critics (it holds an 82% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences (who gave the film a “B+” on CinemaScore), which bodes well for its theatrical run.
